Indiana Yoga AssociationIYA Karma Yoga in the Homeland of Yoga, Rishikesh, India!
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International Yoga Festival — February 24 - March 10, 2008!!
Come to India to make a difference in yoga's spiritual homeland! Attend the International Yoga Festival on-site and join with more than 250 students from33 countries in a wide variety of yoga offerings.
Your destination is the Parmarth Niketan Ashram which hosts the International
Yoga Festival every year! Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji is the spiritual head of Parmarth Niketan. Click here for a film about Pujya Swamiji.
Travel with fellow yoginis and have the opportunity to assist at
Ramana's Garden Orphanage and help in delivering much needed
educational supplies and hygiene items to the children!
An added bonus is a vibrant colorful shopping district right outside the steps of the ashram. Prices are a 10th of the cost as compared with the US!
The organizer of your trip is Yogis for India, which is a chapter of
Ambassadors for Children (AFC). Sally Brown is your tour guide. For itinerary and registration info, visit Yogis for India 2008 Trip.
Karma Yoga Mission Statement
The performance of truly selfless actions—actions that benefit all beings—is called Karma Yoga. Karma Yoga is selfless service, or service to others without expectation of personal reward. When we channel energy into a wider sphere, beyond our limited ego's desires, we become a conduit for universal forces of love, which seek to work through us.
The Indiana Yoga Association provides opportunities for IYA members to give, through their talents and interests, to local, state and global communities via the Karma Yoga program.
This forum provides the following Karma Yoga activities:
(1.) Karma Yoga Classes -- Resource network connecting yoga teachers with humanitarian organizations to offer yoga classes. A second purpose is to award teachers providing yoga classes to communities in distress. Do you have a class in mind? Let us know!
(2.) Karma Yoga Credits – Recognition for good Karma Yoga citizens in the Indiana yoga community. Is there someone you know who you would like to nominate? Let us know!
(3.) IYA Karma Yoga Projects -- Projects internal to IYA. We are currently working on a clothes/toy give-away! See the home page for more info!
(4.) IYA Karma Yoga Volunteer - Would you like to volunteer to work on the IYA board? We need your help!
(5.) Philanthropic Matching Funds -- Matching funds for philanthropic fundraising events. Do you have a fundraiser coming up? Let us know, and we can match the funds you raise!
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